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Continuing this week’s streak of topical Morning Hangovers, today’s post is inspired by yesterday’s shocking display of “officiating” that resulted in the loss of a perfect game for Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga. Not only was it just a terrible call in general, but it kept Galarraga from becoming just the 21st pitcher ever to pitch a perfect game (not to mention the third perfect game pitched this season alone). After the game, the umpire who blew the call apologized to Galarraga, and Galarraga was admirably gracious about the whole ordeal. But that doesn’t change the fact that one stupid call cost him his place in the history books (“But using instant replay at will would just cheapen the glory of the game! Wah!").
Anyway, out of the ashes of this tragic occurrence came the idea for this post, which is this: what are the games that you, for whatever reason, consider to be “perfect” but that also have at least one glaring mistake that you knowingly overlook because the rest of the game is just so damn good? Like, I would say the platforming in Psychonauts is rather atrocious (and when your game is a platformer, that can be a pretty substantial issue), but the writing, design, performances and style are all so brilliant that I would gladly deal with the frustration of trying to cope with the game’s depth perception issues just to explore the next area or watch the next cutscene.
So what are your picks for "perfect" games that are in actuality nearly perfect?
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Adampro123
First off that guy should be given the perfect game by MLB.
Perfect games with 1 minor flaw? Maybe some glitches in Fable?
A few control problems in Super Marion games?
Assassins creeds combat?
San Andreas lack of good music.
DreamingDarklyRobin
It sounds silly now but Skies of Arcadia for the Dreamcast was the only time I felt a game was perfect (even though it had a couple flaws). I guess I was just hoping it would be an awesome pirate game and it was.
zeropilot
Mass Effect 2... need I say more
Doug Otto
Half-Life 2: Episode 1. It's an incredible feat in the gaming world, but when compared to the rest of its family, it isn't as memorable. Some of the levels blend together and the ending wasn't as grand as the rest (except for the sweet ending cut scene). Still, incredible game-play, use of surrounding, and if you have a PC, you NEED this game.
NocturnalX
Deus Ex. The fact that most shooters nowadays don't even compare to it's originality speaks volumes. It's been almost 10 years. Do something new FPS makers! If Mario can be original and reinvent, so can a shooter.
Majora's Mask would have to be my other pick for a perfect game. It strayed aways from the traditional Zelda formula with the time mechanic yet still felt like a Zelda game. I think the time travel concept could be visited again in Zelda, but with much more freedom. The series seriously needs a good kick in the pants after TP.
HUNK_78230
MGS4 is close second and would probably a even closer second if I had played the other games, but mine will forever be The Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time. That also includes Majora's Mask because if you think about it, Majora's Mask is really a stand alone expantion of OOT
wootman69
MGS4 is my perfect game. The story, characters and gameplay were all spot on for me. There was not a single point in the campaign that if something went wrong, I didn't blame it on myself. MGS3: Subsistence is a very close second because of the tedium of switching between the different camouflage.
TurnBackThePendulum
For me it would be Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
shmaron
Metal Gear Solid would have to be my pick. That and the two Uncharted games.
L4Dfan550
Personally, Red Dead Redemption would be my near perfect game. The part that makes it "near perfect" is all the bugs and online problems. If they completely took that away, I would be tempted to call that game perfect. Although if the bugs went away, we would never have donkey-woman.
Nub Salad
I'm a white sox fan and I would have been so pissed if that happened last year to buehrle. Today, everyone knows it was a perfect game, however 100 years from now will be a different story. When something like this happens, you can't blame the human error, you can only look to see what actions are taken to make sure it doesn't happen again.
MLB 06 the show. Best baseball came I had ever played up to that point, the PA system always called tadahito iguchi, robinson cano. Since I played as the sox all the time, this was a reoccurring problem that I had to ignore in an otherwise perfect baseball game.
Cokebeard
i live in michigan, am a tiger fan, and watched live... i'm still sick to my stomach.
moving on...
i love Borderlands. i great mix of two genres. that being said,... the ending was terrible. but it still gives me tons of enjoyment, so i completely overlook it.
Vyyk78
Mass Effect 2. Absolutely loved it, but the resource mining...
UnJaked
Well I would have to say Doom III. It's my favorite game of all time however we all know they made a mistake with the whole flashlight thing. That being said I really don't mind it all that much because I try and believe it adds to the suspense.
JustTheBeginning
I feel the Ump truly made a human mistake but in this day and age this should NEVER happen. Its almost disgusting they can not use instant replay on a situation like this, I am truly disgusted at MLB right now if they do not do something about this.
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